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Old 08-12-2010, 23:34   #16
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i don't remember shillings, i wasn't born till 76 lol
was 20 of em in a quid shaz.
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Old 08-12-2010, 23:53   #18
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Thats what I've put it in Pound Shillings and Pence if your from that era, then you should recognise how it was written 9-8s-6d.
Can't find the dammed pound symbol, its not where it should be.

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why didn't you just say £9.46 then?

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why didn't you just say £9.46 then?

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why didn't you just say £9.46 then?

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Because It's £9 43.Don't you be paying him to much.
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was 20 of em in a quid shaz.
Ya cashy and you got 10 pints of bitter to the pound in those days too
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Because It's £9 43.Don't you be paying him to much.

how does that work out then?

£9 + 40p + 6p


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how does that work out then?

£9 + 40p + 6p
In old money that would have been £9 3 shillings and 10 pence or 10d as we called it
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oh my god...how confusing
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That's what us awd uns thout when decimalisation came in the early 70s
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god help us all if they decide we are having the Euro

i'm going out....i can't cope with all this confusion
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Right then Flashy, the €uro & €uro cents ...........
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why didn't you just say £9.46 then?

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Because like you mickey mouse money didn't exist, it was £9 - 8s - 6d , and 6d today is 2 1/2 mickey mouses.

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Ya cashy and you got 10 pints of bitter to the pound in those days too
Our gaffer at Lang Bridges used to reckon his wage up in pints, so many for him, and so many for the wife.

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